Executive Creative Director Of Marketing

LinkedIn is the world's largest professional network, built to create economic opportunity for every member of the global workforce. Our products help people make powerful connections, discover exciting opportunities, build necessary skills, and gain valuable insights every day. We're also committed to providing transformational opportunities for our own employees by investing in their growth. We aspire to create a culture that's built on trust, care, inclusion, and fun where everyone can succeed.

Join us to transform the way the world works.

This role will be based in San Francisco. At LinkedIn, our approach to flexible work is centered on trust and optimized for culture, connection, clarity, and the evolving needs of our business. The work location of this role is hybrid, meaning it will be performed both from home and from a LinkedIn office on select days, as determined by the business needs of the team.

The Executive Creative Director of Marketing is a visionary leader responsible for shaping and driving the creative strategy & execution across all marketing channels. This role blends strategic thinking with bold creative execution to elevate brand identity, engage audiences, and deliver impactful campaigns that drive business growth. The ideal candidate is a seasoned creative professional with a deep understanding of brand storytelling, digital innovation, and integrated marketing across B2B and B2C arenas, globally.

Key Responsibilities:

• Lead the development and execution of innovative, integrated marketing campaigns that align with brand strategy and business objectives.
• Oversee the creative direction across all marketing initiatives, including advertising, digital, experiential, performance, social, and event marketing.
• Collaborate closely with cross-functional teams including brand, product marketing, performance marketing, and communications to ensure cohesive messaging and visual identity.
• Inspire and manage a high-performing creative team, fostering a culture of excellence, collaboration, and continuous improvement.
• Champion the brand voice and visual identity, ensuring consistency across all touch points.
• Stay ahead of industry trends and cultural moments to infuse fresh thinking and insights into creative work.
• Actively monitor and engage with new AI technologies to drive increased productivity and scale; foster a culture of learning and innovation.
• Be a passionate champion of the customer, infusing insights that will grab attention and drive engagement into the work.
• Manage relationships with external agencies, production partners, and freelancers to deliver best-in-class work, building a streamlined ecosystem of creative development across internal and external teams.
• Establish and monitor creative KPIs to measure effectiveness and optimize performance.

Basic Qualifications:

• 12+ years of experience in creative leadership roles within marketing, advertising, or brand strategy.
• 5+ years of experience leading high-performing teams, including managing people managers
• BA/BS degree

Preferred Qualifications:

• Proven track record of leading successful, award-winning campaigns across multiple channels.
• Exceptional storytelling, conceptual thinking, and design sensibility.
• Demonstrates inclusive leadership by fostering LinkedIn's culture and values, cultivating an environment where diverse perspectives are valued and empowered.
• Strong leadership and team-building skills with the ability to inspire and mentor creative talent.
• Deep understanding of digital platforms, generative AI, new creative technologies, content strategy, and audience engagement.
• Excellent communication and presentation skills.
• Ability to work in fast-paced, high-growth environment, with global teams.
• Passion for innovation and pushing creative boundaries.
• Ability to balance strategic vision with hands-on execution.
• Understanding of modern marketing measurement systems/tracking and willingness to drive teams/agencies to meet or exceed marketing KPIs

Suggested Skills:

• Content Marketing
• Creative Services
• Change Management
• Leadership

Application Process: Interested candidates should submit a resume, portfolio, and cover letter outlining their creative philosophy and leadership experience.

The pay range for this role is $214,000 - $335,000. Actual compensation packages are based on several factors that are unique to each candidate, including but not limited to skill set, depth of experience, certifications, and specific work location. This may be different in other locations due to differences in the cost of labor.

The total compensation package for this position may also include annual performance bonus, stock, benefits and/or other applicable incentive compensation plans.